How to Say ‘My wife is having a latte macchiato.’ in Italian
Mia moglie prende un latte macchiato.
MEE-ah MOHL-lyeh PREHN-deh oon LAHT-teh mahk-KYAH-toh
[MEE-ah MOHL-lyeh PREHN-deh oon LAHT-teh mahk-KYAH-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: With food and drinks, [prende] often means 'is having' or 'will have,' not literally 'takes.' You can reuse it easily: [Prendo un espresso], [Lei prende un tè].
🇮🇹 In Italy: In Italy, [latte] alone usually means milk, so for this drink you normally say [latte macchiato].
Phrase Breakdown
Mia moglie
MEE-ah MOHL-lyeh
my wife
Possessive adjective mia plus noun moglie.
Mia moglie prende un tè.
My wife has tea.
Words in this phrase
Mia
[MEE-ah]
my
Possessive adjective for a feminine singular noun.
Mia amica ordina sempre un cappuccino.
My friend always orders a cappuccino.
moglie
[MOHL-lyeh]
wife
Refers to one's wife in everyday conversation.
Mia moglie ama il caffè decaffeinato.
My wife loves decaf coffee.
prende
[PREHN-deh]
takes / has
Used to say what someone orders or drinks.
Al bar prende sempre un marocchino.
At the café she always has a marocchino.
un
[oon]
a
Masculine singular indefinite article, like 'a' or 'an' in English.
Vorrei un cappuccino e un cornetto.
I would like a cappuccino and a croissant.
latte
[LAHT-teh]
milk
Literally means 'milk,' but in coffee names it appears in drinks like latte macchiato.
Nel latte macchiato il latte è molto importante.
In latte macchiato, the milk is very important.
macchiato
[mahk-KYAH-toh]
stained / marked
In coffee vocabulary, 'macchiato' means marked with a small amount of coffee or milk, depending on the drink.
Un espresso macchiato ha un po' di latte.
An espresso macchiato has a little milk.
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